Spiny Spider Crab

Maja brachydactyla is a species of crab in the family Majidae. It was initially described as a subspecies of M. squinado. A review of the species complex published in 1998 was able to differentiate between specimens from the Mediterranean Sea and those from the Atlantic Ocean, and concluded that the Atlantic specimens were a separate species, accepted as M. brachydactyla Balss, 1922.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Spiny Spider Crab being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Leptomithrax gaimardii
• Maja crispata
• Loxorhynchus grandis
• Libinia emarginata
• Paralithodes camtschaticus
• Echidnocerus foraminatus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Majidae

Genus

Maja

Species

Maja brachydactyla

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